Rolls-Royce reports that it has won a £24 million order to design and equip four offshore service vessels which will be built by COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd in China. The Rolls-Royce UT 771 CDL…

Coltec Industries Inc. and National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) have agreed to pay a civil penalty of $280,000 and spend approximately $500,000 on an environmental project to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air…

When a 190-meter bulker bent a propeller blade in early January, Antwerp, Belgium, based underwater repair specialist Hydrex was contacted, and rapidly mobilized a diver/technician team to Rotterdam to perform a detailed underwater inspection and…

Morgan City, La., based Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) has reported its fourth quarter and twelve months 2011 results and the addition of new business during the first quarter totaling $61.8 million. For…

Two Hamburg, Germany, based companies have come up with an alternative to plugging into shoreside power as a way to cut ships' emissions while in port. The Eckelmann Group, a specialist in maritime environmental protection,…

The U.S. Coast Guard, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Canadian Transportation Safety Board of Canada have begun investigations into a fire aboard the towing vessel Patrice McAllister near Prince Edward Point, Ontario. The…

Jacques de Chateauvieux controlled Jaccar Holdings is to develop its shipowning and operating activities in the gas and dry bulk sectors. Its fully owned Singapore subsidiary Greenship Holdings has set up two separate entities for…